Welcome to another week of Stampin' Up! Colour Creations with the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team.

This week we feature Early Espresso, a rich dark brown from our Neutrals colour family.

Early Espresso

When I looked at my stamp collection with Early Espresso in mind, the first thing I saw was what I call the "coffee and chocolate" - Nothing's Better Than stamp set. And yes, I like my coffee rich and dark.

For my first card, I cut the A4 card in half longways, so I had a 10.5cm x 29.85cm piece. I scored this in half, then cut the front panel in half vertically. The off-cut piece was turned 90 degrees and used as the horizontal panel on the front of the card. I layered up the two front layers with a patterned piece from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper.

I used the two step stamp set to stamp bright coloured coffee cups onto Basic White card and die-cut them with the Love You More Than dies. I die-cut the word COFFEE from the same die set, in Early Espresso card. 

The text and steam from the hot cups was stamped directly onto the patterned paper in Early Espresso Ink.

For my second card, I wanted to try the Faux Step Card which I have seen several people use over the last few weeks. And I switched from coffee to chocolate - espresso flavoured chocolate, I'm thinking!

As I was preparing the photos, this card suddenly reminded me of the shelves of chocolates in a chocolate boutique like Haigh's or Koko Black. Nom nom nom!

The faux step card is a "cheat's version" of the centre step card. This card is easier to make, as you add an extra strip of card, rather than trying to cut out layers and folds from one single piece.

I deliberately didn't add anything shiny or any ribbon to these cards, to keep them more masculine. With Father's Day this weekend, I thought I might be called on for a spare card.

I can't wait to see what the other Art With Heart ladies have created using Early Espresso. If you would like to see the other creations, please click on the box below to go to my lovely friend Christine's blog.

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, which doesn't take you to the next blog, you will find the list of participants on Cathy's blog here.

Sale-a-bration finishes today, so if you haven't placed your Sale-a-bration order yet, you have just an hour or two left to claim your free SAB gifts with purchase.

I will see you tomorrow to share the September Weekly Deals!

Keep inky!!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC)

Product List

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $16.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $14.00	Nothing's Better Than Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152507] $38.00
Love You More Than Dies [152698] $53.00	Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $21.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $14.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $14.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $110.00

As the Daffodils are coming into season, and the occasional winters day puts on brilliant sunshine, who wouldn't want to use happy Crushed Curry to brighten up your day?

This week, my fellow Art With Heart Stampin' Up! demonstrators are showcasing this super sunny colour, so join us on the blog hop to see how everyone has used it.

Crushed Curry

I decided I wanted to include fluttering butterflies in my Crushed Curry creation this week, so I got our Butterfly Brilliance stamp set and the coordinating butterfly Wings Dies.

I stamped one set of butterflies onto the Crushed Curry sheet from Tea Boutique Designer Series Paper. Then I used my Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker to add a little extra depth to the colour.

I stamped more butterflies using Stazon Jet Black ink on white card and created some depth by cutting a rectangle from the middle and layering it onto Crushed Curry card.

The largest butterfly was attached to this with Mini Glue Dots and fluttering wings folded upwards.

I used the So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker to add a tiny bit of colour to the other butterflies on the top layer, just to differentiate them from the bottom layer.

As you can see from my first photo - I have leftover pieces to make more cards with - that makes me happy!  And what's more, straight outside my window, I can see Daffodil heads starting to form on the bulbs which have popped up. I can't wait to see what lovely colour and form they are!

Time to go check out what my stamping friends from the Art With Heart Team have also created featuring Crushed Curry.  The next blog on the hop belongs to the lovely and very talented Andrea Sargent. Click the box to go to her post. 

If you are hopping along and find a broken link, all the participants are listed on Cathy's blog here.

Scroll down to see all of the products I have used, and have a great rest of the week!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC)

Product List

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $16.25	Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $32.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $77.00
Tea Boutique 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158659] $21.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $39.00
So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker [105114] $2.39	Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker [131901] $6.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00

This week for the Art With Heart - Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, I have selected a non-Christmas stamp set for the main image.I wanted to glance through my stash of stamp sets and check which other sets could be adapted to a Christmas theme, just by adding a Christmas greeting stamp, and selecting a Christmas colour palette.

I love how the Blessings of Home Bundle could be easily adapted for this, just by colouring it more traditional Christmas colours.

I stamped the main image on Shimmery White card stock then coloured with our Blender Pens, picking the ink up from the ink pad and lightly brushing it on until I got the depth of colour I required.

In this photo you can see the shimmer in the image from the card stock.

I die-cut this pieces and layered it with Dimensionals onto a layer of Vellum Cardstock, cut exactly the same size as the piece of Tea Boutique Designer Series Paper underneath.

This was layered onto Evening Evergreen card, which in turn was layered onto Soft Succulent. A few Pearl Basic Jewels were added for more glimmer, and a cut 3 pieces of foliage from Evening Evergreen card for more texture and to add a little more dark contrast to the card.

I stamped and coloured the other floral bouquet image in this stamp set too, so be sure to come back next week and see a second Christmas card using this same stamp set and colour scheme, but a completely different card!

In the meantime, I am off to hop around the other Art With Heart Blogs to see what the other Heart of Christmas ladies have created. I hope you will join me. Click on the box below to go to lovely Tina Gillespie's blog.

If a link on the blog hop is broken, you can find all the participants links on Sharon's blog here.

Scroll down to see all of the products I used this week, and I will see you again on Wednesday for Colour Creations, and next Monday for more Heart of Christmas, with the Blessings from Home stamp set and dies!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC)

Product List

Blessings Of Home Cling Stamp Set (English) [157930] $44.00	Flowers Of Home Dies [163095] $56.00	Blessings Of Home Bundle (English) [157939] $90.00
Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $16.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $16.25
Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad [159216] $14.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $14.00	Blender Pens [102845] $21.00
Tea Boutique 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158659] $21.00	Christmas To Remember Bundle (English) [156806] $104.25	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $8.75
White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $110.00

Probably my most used colour, is this week's  feature in the Art With Heart - Colour Creations Blog Hop.

Crumb Cake

Crumb Cake is such a useful colour! I use it a great deal with traditional Christmas colours, it makes an awesome neutral colour for a baby card if you want to make a non-gender specific baby card in advance, its great for masculine cards, and it's just an all-rounder when needing a neutral colour on any project.

I started this week by taking two card front size pieces of Crumb Cake cardstock and embossing them with the Seashells 3D embossing folder.

Then I gently rubbed Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride ink pads onto the raised side of one of the pieces, then spritzed it with water (thoroughly) to allow the colours to soften and bleed into each other.

Once that piece had dried, I die-cut it with the Seaside Seashells die, making sure to line the image up carefully, then ran it back through with the embossing folder again, to really make that piece nice and textured.

So I ended up with one original piece, and one slightly tinted die-cut piece.

I used a Crumb Cake base card and layered both pieces onto that, lining them up carefully and using lots of Dimensionals to make all the bits stick up, then added a simple label, with a scrap of the lovely silver mesh ribbon under it.

The oval label die-cut shape is from the Beautiful Shapes Dies pack - I love how it has that quirky sketched line inside the edge of the die-cut. I stamped the greeting in Soft Suede ink and gently sponged it with a combo of Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride inks.

Despite all the layers and details, this was an amazingly fast card to make - because of the awesome Stampin' Up! coordinating tools.  And I just love that with ONLY Crumb Cake card stock and a couple of ink pads, I have a beautiful card.

I am off to check out what the other talented Art With Heart demonstrators have created using Crumb Cake. If you would like to join me on the journey, click on the box below to go to lovely Theresa Gerrard's blog.

If you find a broken link on the blog hop, a full list of links is available on Cathy's blog - click here to go there and find your way around the whole blog hop.

Thanks for visiting and see you again next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC)

Product List

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $16.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $14.00	Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.75	Metallic Mesh Ribbon [153550] $14.00
Seashells 3 D Embossing Folder [154309] $15.75	Friends Are Like Seashells Photopolymer Stamp Set [154368] $45.00	Seaside Seashells Dies [156095] $60.00

Hey there Stamping friends!

Welcome to another Art With Heart - Colour Creations Blog hop!

This week we are exploring Coastal Cabana. I know many will be aghast when I say this is definitely not one of my favourite colours . . . 

Coastal Cabana

It looks such a pretty shade in the computer generated image, but I have to say, I think it is a very murky, too green colour that reminds me of a swimming pool with far too much chlorine in it LOL!

However!! I seriously LOVE the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper, and I was very happy to pull out a piece and make this over the top flurry of florals!

I used a Coastal Cabana card base, and cut the Designer Series Paper into three triangle pieces and layered it straight onto the base. Then I used Blending Brushes to rub some Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow inks onto some Shimmery White card stock, which I then die-cut with the Summer Shadows Dies.

The greeting from Shaded Summer Stamp set is stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a scrap of the brushed Shimmer Paper and die-cut with a label from Seasonal Labels Dies.

I used a sponge dauber to apply a small amount of Early Espresso ink to the centres of the flowers - well, okay, my Early Espresso ink pad is super wet . . . .I would have applied a SMALL amount . . .  ha ha ha!

For someone who is not that fond of Coastal Cabana ink, I am actually quite pleased with how pretty this card turned out!

I can't wait to see what the other Art With Heart team members have done! If you'd like to see too, please click on the box below to go to Rachel's blog.

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, Cathy has the links for all participants in her post here.
 

See you again soon with more card inspiration!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Victorian High Country)

Product List

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $16.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $14.00	Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158822] $21.00
Summer Shadows Dies [156618] $60.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.75	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $14.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $14.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $14.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $14.00
Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $41.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $8.75	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $110.00

This week in the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart demonstrator team, I have a very simple card for you with a fun background technique.

Have you used the Stamparatus yet? It is seriously the best tool!! 

Stamparatus [148187] $85.50

I selected four separate greeting stamps from the Christmas to Remember stamp set and placed them rubber side down on my Very Vanilla card stock, on the bed of the Stamparatus. I closed the plate, making the cling stamps stick to it, then re-opened it, inked up all four stamps with Crumb Cake, then closed the plate again.

I then  moved the plate down two hinge notches on the Stamparatus base, and moved the card across, first stamping to the left, then stamping to the right, to give me a repeat but off-set pattern. I stamped four times in total to do my card background, stamping in Crumb Cake ink each time.

The background was layered onto a Cherry Cobbler card base, and then to finish the card, I simply added some stamped, die-cut holly and berries, and a greeting stamp. The holly & berries are also on the inside of the card.

I really love how simple and elegant this card is. It would be an easy one to churn out a bit of a production line for your Christmas mailing.

If you would like to see what else the Art With Heart stampers have come up with this week for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, please click on the box below to go to lovely Tina Gillespie's  blog.

If you are following the hop, and a link is broken Sharon has all the links for each participant on her blog post. Click here to find that.

I will be back on Wednesday with a Colour Creations blog post showing something not at all Christmassy! I hope to see you then!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Victorian High Country)

Product List

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $14.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00
Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $67.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $16.25
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

Such a beautiful, much loved colour this week in the Art With Heart - Colour Creations Blog Hop!

Cherry Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler truly is one of my most used colours. Namely because it's a go to Christmas colour - and we sure do make a lot of Christmas projects each year! I had to really scratch my head to think about what other current Stampin' Up! products I have that I could use to really show off the beauty of this colour. It didn't take me long to remember the gorgeous Ranunculus stamp set - that flower is perfect!

There are just a couple of small differences with the two cards I made. On the first one, I stamped the ranunculus with Early Espresso ink, coloured with Blends, then die-cut the beautiful image from Ranunculus Romance stamp set.

I also included a scrap of Sun Prints Designer Series paper as a layer under the label. The background stamping is Gray Granite to go with the Designer Series Paper.

On the second card, I stamped and coloured the image, in the same way, but then rather than die-cutting it, I tore the Very Vanilla card on a slight angle across the bottom and mounted it onto an extra piece of Cherry Cobbler card. The background stamping is Crumb Cake and I added a few pieces of foliage, die-cut in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, which I had sitting on my desk, left over from making Blushing Bride Tea Cup cards a few weeks ago.

These cards are quite formal, but not at all difficult to make, as long as you have a set of foliage dies, and enjoy a bit of colouring in. I have listed all of the products used at the very bottom of this message if you would like to scroll down.

The next person in our Cherry Cobbler blog hop is  Rachel Woollard. Click on the box below to go to her blog and I hope you enjoy seeing what all the team have done with Cherry Cobbler.

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, you can go to Cathy's blog, where she is wonderful enough to list all the participants and their links.

That's it from me, see you again soon with ever so slightly inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Victorian High Country)

Product List

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $16.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $14.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.75
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $14.00
Ranunculus Romance Cling Stamp Set (English) [157968] $41.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.75	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.75
Ranunculus Dies [157976] $56.00	Meadow Dies [155852] $67.00	Flowers Of Home Dies [157938] $56.00
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00	Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $21.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $110.00

Last week in the Heart of Christmas blog hop, I showed you two cards using the Seasons of Christmas bundle.

This week, I am using the very same set and colours, (actually I am using up all the leftover pieces from last week) but I have changed the backgrounds and rearranged the pieces completely.Each week until the end of Novermber, the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team demonstrators will show different ideas for making Christmas projects using Stampin' Up! products.

These are the sets I used last week, Christmas Season and Christmas to Remember stamp sets, and the Seasonal Labels Dies.

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $39.00

Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $67.00

Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00

I have made a basic tri-fold card - cutting the A4 card lengthwise at 14.85cm and scoring into three panels, with the card front and card back being 10.5cm, and the right hand panel which folds inside being approximately 9cm.

The front of the card is very simple. I have cut a window with the largest label die from the Seasonal Labels Dies, attached a greeting across the window, and some foliage just below the greeting.

The inside (right hand panel) has lots of the leftover pieces from last week arranged into a wreath, with some of the pieces popped up with Dimensionals, and others attached with Mini Glue Dots.

Here's another view with a close up of those pieces - hopefully you can see which ones are popped up.

I've used the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper for the background layer on this panel, and a slightly different pattern from the same pack on the inside panel where you would write your message.

I really love these traditional colours with these stamp sets, and I think that patterned paper suits it so well, rather than just white or cream inserts.

Time for you to go and visit the other creative stampers in the AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. You can click the box below to be taken to Caroline Mainwaring's blog - I can't wait to see what she has created.

If you are following the blog hop and one of the links doesn't work, you can find all of the links for tonight on Sharon Davern's blog by clicking here.

Below are the products  I have used for this project. Enjoy the blog hop and hope to see you again next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $39.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $67.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $16.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $14.00
Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $21.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

This year I moved up to the Victorian High Country, and it is my first year in a very long time when I am actually seeing REAL snow, in July. Today was probably our coldest day so far, and I had the wood heater chugging away all day.

I can really start to imagine what a northern Christmas might be like! So it seems appropriate to join in the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, in time for a snowy Christmas in July!

Because today had such wintery weather, I decided to go with very traditional  Christmas colours and images. I selected two stamp sets from our Annual Catalogue, which both share the same coordinating die set.

The Christmas Season stamp set and Christmas To Remember stamp set both contain images matching the Seasonal Labels Dies.

Because I never do things by halves. I started by stamping and die-cutting a stack of the pine-cone and foliage images on Very Vanilla card. I used Evening Evergreen, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede inks.

I dry embossed card front size pieces of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder, then gently inked the embossed piece with Versamark ink. I lightly applied gold embossing powder and heat set it, for a shiny gold vintage finish for the backgrounds.

For the first card, I layered the musical background layer straight onto a Cherry Cobbler card-base, then played around with arranging the stamped and die-cut pinecone images.

If most of my stamping stuff wasn't still in boxes from moving house, I probably would have added something shiny, like Champagne Rhinestone Jewels. Instead I have the gold embossing on the background and a piece of the lovely Gold 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon across the card, to add a little sparkle.

My second card had extra layers.

I cut the music background slightly smaller, and layered it on an angle on Evening Evergreen card, which I then layered onto Very Vanilla, before layering that onto a Cherry Cobbler base-card.

I've used the same luxurious gold ribbon to wrap around the top layer. I also decorated the inside of both cards, and realise that I have completely forgotten to photograph the insides!

I would love you to continue on the blog hop and see what the other Art With Heart stampers have created. To do so, click on the box below and it will take you to onto the next person who happens to be the lovely Cathy Proctor . . . 

Should the blog hop have a broken link, you can always visit the webpage of the blog host where there is a full list of participants. The lovely host is Sharon Davern. Click on her name to see the list of creators.

Below is a full list of the products I have used. I hope you find it helpful and inspiring.

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00	Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $39.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $67.00
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $16.25	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $16.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $14.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00
Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156] $12.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25
Merry Melody 3 D Embossing Folder [156392] $17.50	Heat Tool [129056] $53.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00

Hi! I am back after a short hiatus! Moving to the country and getting set up on the farm will do that!

I am glad to be back joining in with the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop tonight with a classic colour - Basic Gray.

Basic Gray

It's great to revisit these timeless colours that have been in the Stampin' Up! colour families for many years, and to see how they continue to be so versatile with the newer products.

This week, for a little fun, and also by way of reminder that time is fast running out for the January to June Mini Catalogue, I wanted to use a stamp set that is only available for a couple more weeks. This stamp set is one you can earn for free with a $250 order (which can be a combined order between friends).

I really love the cute images and handy greetings in the Mischievous Mice host rewards stamp set. And when I saw that this week is Basic Gray, I had to colour some little gray mice.

I made a very basic Z fold card - just take a standard A6 card and fold the front back on itself. I used Basic Gray card for my base card, and a piece of Basic White for the inside.

I embossed an extra piece of Basic Gray card with the Bricks & Mortar 3D embossing folder, then touched the embossed image very gently onto the Basic Gray ink pad to highlight some of the texture.

The mice were stamped with Basic Gray ink onto Basic White card then coloured with Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight & Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Duos. I also used the Colour Lifter in a couple of places on the mice fur.

The images were fussy cut with my trusty Stampin' Snips.

The mouse with the balloon was popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The mouse with the cheese was stuck flat on the inside of the card.

I have always loved gray and yellow as a colour combination, and I think the different tones created by the Basic Gray Ink on the Basic Gray cardstock, and the different shades of yellow work perfectly with these images to create a super cute universal card.

Now, it's time to check out the rest of the blog hop and see what the other talented ladies in the Art With Heart Stampin' Team have created with Basic Gray. Please go on and visit my friend Theresa by clicking on the "NEXT" image below.

If at any time the link doesn't work, please go to Cathy Proctor's blog where she has the main list of participants. Enjoy the blog hop! I hope you get lots of inspiration - and don't forget, the January to June mini catalogue finishes in just a couple of weeks, don't miss out on your favourite items, like the Mischievous Mice.

Product List

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $16.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $14.00	Mischievous Mice Host Cling Stamp Set [158070] $22.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.75	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.75	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608] $8.00
So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] $15.75	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.75	Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888] $15.50
Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50